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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2014
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Cyril de la Cropte de Chanterac, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joseph Hakim, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Leland W. Lew, Los Altos, CA (US);
Hue Duc Tran, Cupertino, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
This application relates to systems, methods, and apparatus for using a computing device to perform payment transactions while the computing device is operating in a low power wallet mode during a low battery state of the computing device. During a low power wallet mode, various subsystems are prevented from receiving current from a battery of the computing device, while a near field communication (NFC) system of the computing device is provided with an operating current for detecting target systems. A target system and the NFC system can communicate during the low power wallet mode of the computing device, thereby allowing a user of the computing device to conduct payment transactions when the computing device is in a low power wallet mode. Such payment transactions can be useful if the user is ever stranded without enough power to fully operate the computing device and needs to pay for transportation.